Ns Tower

NS-Tower is a 1996 arcade platformer from Japanese developer Nagi-P Software, presented as the inverse of the studio's better known NS-Shaft. Where NS-Shaft sends the player tumbling downward through a moving stack of platforms, NS-Tower flips the loop and asks the player to climb upward instead, dodging hazards as the screen scrolls.

The Reverse of NS-Shaft

Macintosh Garden's listing summarises the design in a single line: this game is the reverse of NS-Shaft, and instead of falling you have to climb. The mechanics carry over from the falling game, but the timing pressure is inverted, with platforms and obstacles drifting past as the player ascends.

Nagi-P Software

Nagi-P Software released a small family of arcade-style freeware titles for Macintosh in the mid-1990s, of which the NS series became the most widely circulated. NS-Tower sits alongside NS-Shaft as a companion piece exploring the opposite direction of travel.

1996 Macintosh Release

The Mac build is dated 1996 in the Macintosh Garden archive. As a small arcade title from the period, it targets classic Mac OS systems and the low-resolution colour screens common to the era.